Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-05-19
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
From Thursday's Daily.
Wheat was 81 cents yesterday.

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A baby boy made it's appearance at the
residence Of DR.. Rankin yesterday morn
ing.
A E Stirton, Windsor; and NJ d Will
iams, Ypsilanti; are at the Capital
house.
Geo Quinby, Darlington; was passen
ger on the train from the north last
night.
G w Francis and E J Gleason OF
Spiritwood, were in the metropolis yes
terday.
Henry Lawson left yesterday afternoon
for Duluth, where he expects to reside
permanently
Mrs McAbee, came in from ''up there"
the name of where she lives and will visit
her friends a few days.
Alderman Mueller expects to leave in a
day or so for Dickinson to look after
contract he has secured at that place.
Clate Smith is canvassing the town in
the interest of the Crandall type writer,
one of the latest machines in the field.
Mr. and Mrs A w Mather, Mr. and Mrs
Jas Buchanan and Mrs Brockway came
in from Pingree to attend the Rhea per-
formance last night.
Halifax Il Co. have secured the con-
tract of hauling the sand, lime, water, etc.
to be used in the construction of the col
lege building.
Mrs. G.. E. Dickinson is expected home
shortly from HAVANA, N. Y, where the
serious and long continued illness of her
brother has detained her.
John Jones OF Windsor and Annie E.
Stirton formerly of Ontario, Canada,
were married at the Capital house yester-
day afternoon at four O'Clock, Rev. B. S.
Taylor officiating.
John Vennum made round with his
sprinkler yesterday to show the mer-
chants it's benefits and give them an OPP
portunity to say whether they wished the
circuit made regularly.
Methodist Weekly Herald Fargo:
Brother ]. S. Lowell, Of jamestown, is in
the city taking views Of residences and
grounds for those who wish fine photo
graphic pictures OF their homes.
The case of Stutsman county vs. W. E.
Mansfield ct al was argued Tuesday at
Yankton by Messrs. Glaspell and Dodge.
The case of Myrick vs. Bill was argued
yesterday. The results will be known in a
few days.
The wife of D. c. Erhart, now Of Great
Falls, is reported to be seriously Ill as
well as her mother. Mr.. Erhart himself
is away in Chicago, preparing to furnish
completely the hotel be is running at that
prosperous town.
c. W. Ellis. the Northern Pacific en-
gineer recently released from the asylum,
was suddenly taken with another insane
spell at Fargo the other day and tried to
seat his wife on a red hot stove. He was
taken to the asylum yesterday.
Mason work on the college foundation
walls commenced yesterday. The exca-
walton is five feet deep and the basement
will rise four or five feet from the ground.
The work Of excavating was retarded con-
siderably by two large stones which had
to be blasted and removed in pieces.
F. B. Fancher was in from the ranch
yesterday. He reports the crops looking
fine in his neiehborhood and having all
the rain needed. The trouble over the
location of the school house in Albion
township, he says, has subsided. The
school is being built where the board To-
Gated it and is nearly finished.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dr.. Vidal are seriously
contemplating removing from Valley City
to either Racine to Duluth, the doctor
having had flattering inducements offered
in both places. It is hoped SO welcome
and accomplished people as the doctor
and his wife can be induced to remain in
Dakota and reap their full reward
Khea's box receipts at Fargo were at
tached Monday for an old claim of $500
Of former manager Of the opera house.
The receipts were promptly rebonded and
the case viii be litigated in court, as
Mile Rhea claims her former manager
was responsible for her failure to appear
before. and he should be held instead of
herself.
Rhea and her company are enroute for
The coast, where they remain some six or
eight weeks. It is possible they may re-
turn this way, and if go, may give an
other performance some time in July.
While It is uncertain yet, it is to be hoped
that such arrangement can be made, and
.he people OF jamestown viii not be slow
to take advantage OF 1t.
Burlington Reporter: Frank Madison,
5he energetic manager Of the Wallace
ranch, was in Burlington on Monday en-
route to Minot. Frank reports every
thing booming in his neighborhood, and
the stock on the Wallace ranch looking
Fat and sleek. Frank remarked that the
grasses OF the Valley are grand
in their fattening propensities and that a
Dakota steer would prefer TO die Of star
vation than commit sricide by eating